AU646654B2

AU646654B2 - Clamping device for an axially displaceable actuator for gripper changeover on a gripper cyclinder of a sheet-fed rotary printing press

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Publication number: AU646654B2
Application number: AU69469/91A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Willi Becker
Original assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Current assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Priority date: 1990-02-13
Filing date: 1991-01-18
Publication date: 1994-03-03
Anticipated expiration: 2011-01-18
Also published as: US5136946A; EP0442265B1; JP2550223B2; DE59100754D1; DE4004352C1; JPH04214351A; EP0442265A1; AU6946991A; ES2049494T3; ATE99230T1; HK84594A; CA2034558A1

Abstract

A clamping device for an axially displaceable actuator (28) for the reversal of the gripper on a gripper cylinder (2) of a turning apparatus in a sheet-fed rotary printing machine is described, in which a pressure bar (12), which is loaded in the clamping direction by the restoring force of a prestressed spring (14) and is guided axially movably in the gripper cylinder (2), firmly braces clamping pieces (54, 55 and 60, 61) radially against the gripper cylinder (2) via intermediate members with the restoring force of the spring (14), said clamping pieces being movably guided radially relative to the gripper cylinder (2) in the actuator (28) which is axially displaceable on the gripper cylinder (2). The pressure bar (12) interacts with an electrically protected adjusting element (28) to reduce the spring tension. One intermediate member is constructed as a two-arm pressure lever (27) which is mounted movably about a bearing bolt (29) arranged transversely to the longitudinal axis of said pressure lever, one arm forming an abutment for the pressure bar (12) and the other arm having on the drive side a bearing for clamping pieces (54, 55) which is radially movable in the gripper cylinder, the bearing bolt (29) of the pressure lever (27) being designed as a roll bolt and being movable in the gripper cylinder (2) axially with respect to the longitudinal axis thereof, and being coupled with rotary movement to a pressure member (57) which is axially displaceable in the gripper cylinder, which pressure member acts on a further pressure lever (58) which is mounted on the operating side in the gripper cylinder (2) so as to be movable about a hinge pin (59) with a fixed transverse axis. This pressure lever (58) has an abutment for the pressure member (57) and, offset at an angle thereto, a bearing for clamping pieces (60, 61) which are guided in the adjustment member radially relative to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder on the operating side. <IMAGE>

Description

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 4 6 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION

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Class Int. Class Application Number: Lodged: Complete Specification Lodged: Accepted: Published: Priority Related Art: Applicant Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Kurfursten-Anlage 52-60, D-6900 Heidelberg, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

GERMANY

Address for Service is: PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys 367 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 AUSTRALIA Complete Specification for the invention entitled: CLAMPING DEVICE FOR AN AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE ACTUATOR FOR GRIPPER CHANGEOVER ON A GRIPPER CYLINDER OF A SHEET-FED ROTARY PRINTING PRESS Our Ref 201674 POF Code: 1386/1385 The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to applicant(s): 006 6006 The invention relates to a clamping device for an axially displaceable actuator for gripper changeover on a gripper cylinder of a turning apparatus in a sheet-fed rotary printing press.

Such a clamping device is known from DE-PS 38 14 831, In the known arrangement, a preloaded spring, permanently exerting its reaction force on the clamping device while in the operating state, is a component of a device for the rotary-position adjustment of the gripper cylinder of a turning apparatus with clamping between a fixed gearwheel and an adjustable gearwheel coaxial therewith. The spring that effects such clamping is supported by one end against a radial flange on a pressure bar, said pressure bar being movably guided in the gripper cylinder in a manner axially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder and acting with the inner end on a counter-bearing on a double lever, said double lever being swivellable in the gripper cylinder about a transverse shaft and comprising on a second arm a support for clamping pieces, said clamping pieces being movably guided in the adjusting member, directly or through the intermediary of further intermediate members, radially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder, so that the reaction force of the spring of the gearwheel-clamping :facility acts via the pressure bar and the pressure lever on the clamping pieces and effects the clamping of the adjusting member on the gripper cylinder corresponding to the clamping between the adjustable gearwheel and the fixed gearwheel. An adjusting element integrated into an electrical safety system makes it possible to reduce the spring tension, so that the clamping of the gearwheels and thus simultaneously of the adjusting member on the gripper cylinder is released and the S changeover operation is made possible, for example by the turning of an eccentric mechanism by means of a socket wrench or similar either directly on the gripper cylinder or through the intermediary of an actuating shaft brought out of the gripper cylinder on the drive side. When the clamping of the gearwheels is subsequently closed again, the clamping of the adjusting member is automatically also closed and also 39 electrically safeguarded.

2 In the arrangement according to the aforementioned publication, the clamping of the adjusting member, extending over the length of the gripper cylinder, is provided only at one point and is shown in the publication in the vicinity of the end of the cylinder on the drive side. No clamping is provided on the operator side, but the adjusting member is guided only between adjustable guide bars on the drive side and on the operator side. In order to allow the axial movement of the adjusting member, there must be a small play between the adjusting member and the guide bars. The adjusting member is able to move within this play on the operator side while the press is in operation, particularly at high press speeds. These micro-movements lead to "fit rust", that is, to abrasion with the formation of superfine dust, with the result that the adjusting member is no longer able to move freely on the gripper cylinder and can no longer be adjusted in the conventional manner.

*see The object of the invention is to prevent such micro-movements and thus the generation of fit rust.

clamping device for an axially displaceable actuator for gripper changeover on a gripper cylinder of a /urning apparatus in a sheet-fed rotary printing press, in which, through the intermediary of intermediate member a pressure bar said pressure being loaded in the clam ng direction by Sthe reaction force of a preloaded sprin and being axially movably guided in the gripper cyli er clamps clamping pieces said clamping pieces bei movabl guided, radially with respect to the gripper cylier, in the actuator, said .3Q. actuator being axially displ aeable on the gripper cylinder radially against the gripper cylinder with the reaction force of the spring and in ich the pressure bar cooperates with an electrically safeg rded adjusting element for reducing the spring tension wherein the pressure bar transmits the reaction for of the spring via further intermediate members to clamprg pieces, said clamping pieces being disposed on both saes in the vicinity of the ends of the adjusting member and/being movable radially with respect to the gripper 39 3 According to the present invention there is provided a sheet-fed rotary printing machine having a sheet-turning device including a gripper cylinder and an adjusting member extending in axial direction of and axially displaceable on the gripper cylinder for changing-over a gripper on the gripping cylinder, the adjusting member having opposite sides and respective axial ends, a clamping device for the adjusting member, including preloaded spring means, clamping members disposed on both of the sides of and in the vicinity of the axial ends of the adjusting member and being displaceable radially to the gripper cylinder, and a pressure bar axially movably guided in the gripper cylinder and biased by a reaction force of said spring means in a given direction for firmly clamping said clamping members radially towards the gripper cylinder.

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0 0 0 S 0 Consequently, the adjusting member, extending axially on the gripper cylinder, is held by clamping on the gripper cylinder not only on the drive side but also on the operator side, thus at at least two points, in order in this manner to prevent micro-movements, which favour the generation of fit rust.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention on a clamping device with an intermediate member consisting of a two-arm pressure lever, said two-arm pressure lever being movably held in the gripper cylinder about a bearing pin, said bearing pin being disposed transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of said gripper cylinder, one arm of said two-arm pressure lever forming a counter-bearing for the pressure bar and the other arm comprising a support for clamping pieces, said support being radially movable in the gripper cylinder, said clamping pieces being movable on the drive side in the adjusting member radially with respect to Sthe longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder, it is provided according to claim 2 that the bearing pin of the pressure lever is in the form of a rolling pin and is movable in the 0 gripper cylinder axially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the latter and is connected in rotationally movable manner to a pressure member, said pressure member being axially Sdisplaceable in the gripper cylinder and acting on a further *90.0.

S pressure lever, said further pressure lever being movably held on the operator side in the gripper cylinder about a fixed transverse axis and comprising a counter-bearing for the ooooo S pressure member and, at an angle thereto, a support for clamping pieces, said clamping pieces being guided in the 3Q, adjusting member on the operator side radially with respect to 0 the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder.

In such an embodiment, the reaction force of the spring effecting the clamping between the fixed gearwheel and the adjustable gearwheel is transmitted simultaneously to a plurality of clamping pieces, said clamping pieces being disposed at intervals from one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder, with the result that the clamping of the axially movable adjusting member to 39 the gripper cylinder is effected at a plurality of points 4 simultaneously with the clamping of the drive gearwheels.

The following description refers in more detail to the various features of the clamping device of the present invention. To facilitate an understanding of the invention, reference is made in the description to the accompanying drawings where the clamping device is illustrated in preferred embodiments. It is to be understood that the clamping device of the present invention is not limited to the preferred embodiments as illustrated in the drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a section in an axial plane through a gripper cylinder of a turning apparatus in the friction-locked clamped state; Fig. 2 shows a section on line II-II in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows a section on line III-III in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 shows a section on line IV-IV in Fig. 1 and S Fig. 5 shows a schematic representation of another example of the embodiment of the clamping of the adji. 'ing member on the operator side.

o0:0 The gripper cylinder 2, held in the machine frame 1, .o 2o is permanently connected on the drive side outside the machine S frame by means of bolts 3 to a fixed gearwheel 4, which has a neck on which is disposed a ring-like adjustable gearwheel adjustable in rotation angle. For the purpose of the friction-locked clamping of both gearwheels 4 and 5, attached to the end face of the neck of the fixed gearwheel 4 by means of bolts 6 is a support plate 7, against which are supported a S: plurality of radially directed and circumferentially evenly distributed pressure levers 8, the one end of wh ,h acts against an annular surface 9 on the adjustable gearwheel 5 and the other -end of which lies against a disc 10, which acts as a S" spring-loaded pressure member, with the pressure levers 8 S: being supported on their backs against the support plate 7 by cams 11, said cams 11 being disposed in the vicinity of the outer ends of the pressure levers 8. The disc 10 is axially movably guided on a pressure bar 12, which, in turn, is axially movably guided in the gripper cylinder 2 parallel to the axis of the latter and comprises a radial flange 13, against which is supported a spring 14, which, in turn, acts 39 against the disc 10. The example shows a spring 14 consisting 5 of alternately arranged cup springs, which are preloaded and exert force on the pressure levers 8 at the inner ends and thus at the end of the long lever arms. With its ends, the pin 15 shown in Fig. 1 engages holes, firstly, on the radial flange 13 and, secondly, in the gripper cylinder 2, so that the pressure bar 12 is secured against turning.

On the side opposite the spring 14, a pressure ring 16, penetrated by the pressure bar 12, acts with an integral rolling-contact bearing 17 against the disc 10. Movable against the other end of said rolling-contact bearing 17 is a threaded sleeve 18, said threaded sleeve 18 being adapted to screw on a thread of the pressure bar 12 and being able to be bolted in place by an operating element, for example by a hexagon head 19. A play 20 between the threaded sleeve 18 and the pressure ring 16 permits the releasing of the clamped connection between the fixed gearwheel 4 and the adjustable gearwheel 5 only if an electrical safety device has been operated, with the result that, only thereafter, by movement S. of the threaded sleeve 18, is it possible for forces to act on 2 Q the pressure ring 16 in order to reduce the reaction force exerted on the pressure levers 8 by the preload of the spring 14. Within the play, the threaded sleeve operates a switch 21 through the intermediary of a double lever 23, which is held rigidly in the press at 22. With one end, the double lever 23 o.q engages an annular groove on the circumference of the threaded 0 o sleeve 18, and its other end acts on the operating element of the switch 21. This lever end extends between a stop 25 and a ooo•• spring 26. The spring 26 ensures that the double lever 23 is returned to the stop position, in which the switch 21 enables .3.Q the electric circuit of the printing press when the gearwheels o• 4 and 5 have been clamped. Consequently, if the threaded S: sleeve 18 is screwed to the right within the play 20, first of all, the switch 21 for interrupting the electric circuit to the drive of the printing press is operated, before the pressure ring 16 for reducing the action of the reaction force of the spring 14 on the ends of the pressure levers 8 is moved axially against the disc 10. To limit this movement, the pressure ring 16 is disposed on a step of the pressure bar 12, 39 said step having a smaller diameter than the part that 6 penetrates the spring 14, with the result that a step-shaped stop is formed for the movement of the pressure ring 16.

The other end of the pressure bar acts against an angle-shaped pressure lever 27, which, in the gripper cylinder in the region of the adjusting member 28 (axially movable with reet to the latter), is movable about a bearing pin 29, saia bearing pin 29 being disposed transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder. With its other arm, said pressure lever 27 engages underneath a clamping clip 30, the ends of which are each connected by a tie bolt 31 and 32 to clamping pieces 54 and 55, said clamping pieces 54 and 55 being disposed in recesses of the adjusting member 28 and acting against the ends of the clamping clip through the intermediary of plain washers 33 and 34. With collar-type heads, the tie bolts 31 and 32 engage behind the S clamping clip 30 and are guided by holes in the clamping clip S 30 and in the adjusting member 28. Through the intermediary of the pressure lever 27, the pressure bar 12 transmits the reaction force of the spring 14 to the clamping clips 30, with 0S 7 the result that the reaction force acts, via the tie bolts 31 and 32, as a clamping force on the clamping pieces 54 and and presses the adjusting member 28 against seating surfaces provided on the circumference of the gripper cylinder 2. The spherical shape of the contact surfaces of the pressure lever *09@eS 27 and of the clamping clip 30 result in uniform clamping S forces at both clamping pieces 54 and 55, with it being S possible, if necessary, for the contact surfaces to be formed S by thrust washers made from a wear-resistant material. The clamping pieces 54 and 55 are adapted to be screwed on the free ends of the tie bolts 31 and 32, so that the setting of S the clamping forces and of a play 35 between the pressure bar 12 and the transmission members is possible and the adjusting member 28 can be axially adjusted when the spring 14 frr reducing the reaction forces from t-he preload of the sprinlg, which acts on the pressure levers b, is compressed, with the pressure bar 12 being moved to the left in the drawing until the pressure ring 16 contacts the stop shoulder of the pressure bar 12.

39 Since the axially movable adjusting member 28 for 7 the gripper changeover is in the form of a slide extending over the width of the press and is guided, both on the drive side and also on the operator side, in a recess of the gripper cylinder 2 at guide bars 38 and 29, settable by bolts 36 and 37, the adjusting member 28, too, is to be clamped at at least two points, advantageously on the drive side and on the operator side. To achieve this aim, the bearing pin 29 of the angle-shaped pressure lever 27 is in the form of a rolling pin and is movably held in the gripper cylinder 2 axially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the latter. Furthermore, the rolling pin 29 is connected in rotationally movable manner to a pressure member 57, which is axially displaceable in the gripper cylinder 2 and which acts on a further pressure lever 58, which is held, movable about a fixed transverse axis, on a hinge pin 59 on the operator side in the gripper cylinder 2.

e0e0 o This pressure lever 58, too, comprises a counter-bearing for .e o. the facing end of the pressure member 57 and, at an angle thereto, a support for clamping pieces 60, 61 which is *000 radially movably guided on the operator side radially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder 2 in 0 the adjusting member 28 and is connected, in conformance with the shape on the drive side, by means of tie bolts 62 and 63 to a clamping clip 64, which is engaged from below by the angularly offset support of the pressure lever 58. The p ressure member 57 is in the form of a fork at the drive-side *000 S end, with the result that it partially embraces the pressure lever 27 with said fork shape. Bearing eyes for the mounting oeooo S of the ends of the rolling pin 29 are disposed in the free leg ends of the fork. The design can be seen from the representation in Fig. 2. For the support of the rolling pin e" 29, there are provided, on both sides next to the pressure lever 27 in the gripper cylinder 2, rolling plates 65 and 66 of a hardenable material, on which the rolling pin is able to roll in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder 2.

The reaction forces of the spring 14 effecting the clamping of the axial adjusting member 28 are transmitted from the pressure bar, on the one hand, to the pressure lever 27 39 and from the latter to the clamping pieces 54 and 55 provided 8 on the drive side and, at the same time, through the intermediary of the rolling pin 29 and the fork-shaped pressure member 57, to the pressure lever 58 and thus also to the clamping pieces 60 and 61 on the operator side, with the rolling pin rolling minimally on the rolling plates 65 and 66 as a fu'iction of the adjustment travel.

The eccentric mechanism, consisting of the eccentric pin 40 and of an eccentric bolt 41 engaging a bearing 56 of the adjusting member 28, serves for the axial adjustment of the adjusting member 28 for the gripper changeover. The adjustment of the eccentric pin 40 is accomplished in the example by a right-angle drive consisting of bevel gearwheels 42 and 43 and by a switching shaft 44, which is rotatably held in the gripper cylinder 2. The outer end of the switching shaft is brought out through the support plate 7 and comprises Oem an actuating element, for example a hexagon head 45, for a socket wrench 46. The operation of said hexagon head 45 may be included in known manner in the electrical safety system.

.Differing from the specimen embodiment previously 0 described, Fig. 5 shows a variant in which one or more clamping pieces 60, 61, radially movable with respect to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder 2, are connected on the operator side via tie bolts 62, 63 to a clamping clip 69, which has a wedge surface 67, said wedge surface 67 being at an angle to the direction of movement of the pressure member 57 and cooperating with a wedge surface 68, which is provided directly on the pressure nmember 57.

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Claims

2. A machine according to claim i, wherein said clamping device includes elements intermediate said spring means and said clamping members includes a double-armed pressure lever, a bearing pin mounted in the gripper cylinder and supporting said double-armed lever, said bearing pin extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder, said double-armed pressure lever having one arm thereof forming a counter-bearing for said pressure bar, and the other arm thereof forming a support for at least one of said clamping members, said support being movable radially in the gripper cylinder, said at least one clamping member being movable in the adjusting member radially to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder, a pressure member movable in axial direction in the gripper cylinder, said bearing pin of said pressure lever being formed as a rolling pin rotatably connected to said pressure member and being mo' able in the gripper cylinder axially to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder, a hinge pin fixed to the gripper cylinder, i" another pressure lever being turnably mounted on said S" hinge pin at an operating side of the printing machine and L0 A forming a counter-bearing for said pressure member and at an angle, thereto, forming a support for at least another of said clamping members, said at least another of said clamping members being guidable in the adjusting member radially to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder.
3. A machine according to claim 2, wherein said pressure member is formed with a bifurcation at an end thereof, said bifurcation partly embracing said double- armed pressure lever and formed with bearing eyes for receiving the ends of said rolling pin therein.
4. A machine according to claim 2 or claim 3, including rolling plates fastened to the gripper cylinder, said rolling pin being supported in the gripper cylinder on said rolling plates. A machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein said at least another of said clamping members is movable radially to the longitudinal axis of the gripper cylinder, a clamp strap disposed in the gripper cylinder, said at least another of said clamping members being connected via tension bolts to said clamp strap, said clamp strap being formed with a first wedge surface 25 disposed at an angle to the axial direction of movement of said pressure member, said pressure member being formed S: with a second wedge surface cooperatively engageable by said first wedge surface. 30 6. A sheet-fed rotary printing machine substantially as herein described with reference to any one of Figures 1 to DATED: 20 December 1993 35 PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Attorneys for: HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AKTIENGSELSCHA 6956Z ip 11